Bill Murray<\/a>, saying: “We wanted to make sure that Bill would be here tonight, so we didn\u2019t invite him.”<\/p>\n\nMurray – who was a regular on the show from 1977 until 1980 – appeared in the “Weekend Update” segment alongside Colin Jost to list the bit’s top 10 hosts through history.<\/p>\n
\nOther former castmembers to make an appearance included Eddie Murphy – who portrayed fellow former regular Tracy Morgan in a sketch called ‘Black Jeopardy’ – as well as Adam Sandler, Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, Chris Rock, Jimmy Fallon, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Will Ferrell.<\/p>\n
\nFormer hosts Kim Kardashian and Scarlett Johansson – who is married to Jost – also appeared and starred in a sketch together, while Scarlet’s ex-husband Ryan Reynolds also appeared in a skit with former cast member Amy Poehler and former lead writer Tina Fey.<\/p>\n
\nAmy and Tina played ‘Weekend Update’ anchors with questions from the audience and when Ryan stood up, they asked him how it’s going.<\/p>\n
\nThe actor declared: “Great, why?” adding: “What have you heard?” in a thinly-veiled reference to his life Blake Lively’s bitter legal battle with her ‘It Ends With Us’ co-star\/director Justin Baldoni.<\/p>\n
\nOther stars who appeared in sketches include Drew Barrymore, Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Adam Driver, Cher and Bad Bunny, while Tom Hanks – who has hosted the show many times over the years – introduced the show’s version of an in memoriam segment featuring sketches and characters that have “aged horribly”.<\/p>\n
\nHe said: “Characters, accents and let\u2019s just call them \u2018ethnic wigs\u2019 that were unquestionably in poor taste. You all laughed at them. So if anyone should be canceled, shouldn\u2019t it be you, the audience?”<\/p>\n
\nAlec Baldwin – who has hosted the show 17 times over the years – was also included, while Aubrey Plaza – who interned at ‘Saturday Night Live’ during the 2004\u20132005 season – returned to public life following the death of her husband Jeff Baena in January and Jack Nicholson introduced his ‘Anger Management’ co-star Adam Sandler.<\/p>\n
\nThe show featured musical performances from Miley Cyrus, Brittany Howard, Lil Wayne and The Roots while Sir Paul McCartney closed the show with a Beatles medley.<\/p>\n
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